Long story short...my husband and I are trying to help a friend to come to Canada and I am completely ignorant in immigration matters.
The friend has an Ecuadorean Passport but living in the US (illegally) with an expired student visa.
My husband owns a construction company and has done PNPs before but for people who already have an existing work permit here in Canada and who are already in the country. He can not do a regular work permit visa because the LMO requires that the job is advertised but Union rules state that my husband can not advertise job positions and must go thru the union that's why we have been doing PNPs.
So my questions are:
1) Which is easiest and fastest...to return to Ecuador and wait patiently for a work permit or to return to Ecuador and come to Canada with a visitors visa and then apply for the work permit once here?
2) How long does either process take?
3) What does each process consist of?
4) Since his US student visa has expired...if he has to cross @ a point of entry...he can not re-enter the USA...how does that work?
Any help would be appreciated...Thanks in advance.
Also not guaranteeing that these are my only questions
The friend has an Ecuadorean Passport but living in the US (illegally) with an expired student visa.
My husband owns a construction company and has done PNPs before but for people who already have an existing work permit here in Canada and who are already in the country. He can not do a regular work permit visa because the LMO requires that the job is advertised but Union rules state that my husband can not advertise job positions and must go thru the union that's why we have been doing PNPs.
So my questions are:
1) Which is easiest and fastest...to return to Ecuador and wait patiently for a work permit or to return to Ecuador and come to Canada with a visitors visa and then apply for the work permit once here?
2) How long does either process take?
3) What does each process consist of?
4) Since his US student visa has expired...if he has to cross @ a point of entry...he can not re-enter the USA...how does that work?
Any help would be appreciated...Thanks in advance.
Also not guaranteeing that these are my only questions